New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
TESTIMONY AGAINST UNGER.
HIS SON TIE FIRST ADVERSE WITNESS.

INEFFECTIVE Won GERICHfEN MISTAKEN Abooi III"
SOFA AND ADMITS HIS ERROR
o ,hronQ OF idle curiosity seekers that crowded tne
Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday 10 hs'eh '" ~
t.sl NJ Captain Edward Unger for the muruer Oh
Ioble had little TO repay them for the trouble 'hcy n"u
IN gaining admttance to the ROOM The proceednss "e
without incidents and save on two OF tnree oc
drareed along as YEARLY any prosaio civil suit
The nsoner was brought from the Tombs OF an early
hour and few before the court opened ne WAS
o,ned by his two daughter Annie and Emily eighteeh
and tan years old smile lighted bis grim features no
they greeted him and he fondly caressed the'n oo.
When the court opened Ungcr took his scat ae ".o
lawyers table between his daughters. bo'h arc ,s
tractiyelooking and the younger, with her s"oos -
s.b faee ma she chung TO fathers arm and reseu n
head on his shoulder fondly smoothed MS awny &c.
hair awakened the sympathy OF jurors anu 'p' a.. a.,
Alike Tic prisoner was almost the ias' Peiso 80 ~
ourroom one would pick out as the perpetrator u suo
. ravolting crime His demcanor ana appearance "0
49,. =, n,oddng farmer rather than the cruel muir
A.rer which the prosecution tried toprove MIN 10 Do
rna arst witness called by Mr. Ncol was Edward Oh'
ser ir the son of the prisoner He is
nov OF fourteen years. and testified that lie ana MS
ana August Bohle lived together in two OF the 'front.'
,. on thu ,onrth floor of No. % Rdge-st On the
night of the murder spent the evening with friend IN
and upon his return about 10 o'clock ne was
lei into the rooms by his father who had eanae IN us
father where he was and his father replied that he had
60 %sa soe TnF
his father where he told that It had been sent
to Chicago He Identified the trunk INK and 5Se pas' he
9operty OF Bohle Both the trunk shown
to the boy in such na as 20
While the boy testifyng against his ather Ine tel
watched him closely but betrayed no sign OF anger Ut IT,
Annie Faaser janitrcss of No. % Ridgest testified
that on the day after the murder she saw Unger taxing
trunk down stairs and asked him he was moving he
replied that ne was not pnt q, tn the ourt room
cOS nS df Masr ths ink Beng
SeS kentav ~ ;ba ac sna the
trunk The trunk then traced from Brookyn 10 na
mOre through Frank Ma r., os who handled
It on it's Journey John James H. kirwnn' G.ern o ih
Shutter agent and IdE IN to the
discovery Of the body In that city .,o ao,oroo
admitted everything in connection with the trunk aud he
asked that the improvSed CONN DC feilo'o ii'i viz
"A recess was then taken and ,,,i after IT
the witness called was DE- Alexander bcn th
limbs had been separated from the body ana descloeu
the relative positions of the different parts oil he pou "
Detective George F. Titus of Inspector Byrness STAN
told about his trip to Baltimore to bring t9e remains ras of of
Bohe to this city, and gave the details OF me arrest "
Unger on the way to Police Headquarters onHcr Mas
asked where Bohe vas anu u sa ali right Then he was
asked IL he why no was arrested ana ne sl1 n'
suppose It's account of those cards Tor when MI
Detective sergeant Won Gerchten corroboraed Ttuss
testimony and described the appearance OF ngeT apart
ments when he visited them after the murder lie Iounu
blood on the wall and ceiling near the head OF e SON
body when the detective positive had blood on ~
A. this point Mr. Howe asked for the sofa ana IL was car
red into the courtroom. IL found tina. Detective
Won Gerichten had been mistaken in his descr pton
Of It, and piece which he was positive had peeh tt
ont had evidently been away lie acknowledged nus
error in his description of the sofa but sun INSISTED hat
the piece had been cut out Mr.. Howe SAID that ms
sofa upon which much stress has been Iald 10y lhe
prosecution, would acqut his client . ,a,.,.
Dr. Cyrus Edison OF the Board or Health testnel lhat
he had examined the knife, hammer and saw found IN
Upgers room and in his opinion there was human Dood
upon them.
The trial will be continued to-day.